Current Electricity — JEE Advanced PYQs

39 previous year questions on Current Electricity (Physics), newest first. Open any question for its complete step-by-step solution.

  1. A metal wire of cross-sectional area and length 100 m is connected across a battery of e.m.f. 2 V and internal resistance . The density, atomic mass and electrical conductivity of the metal are …
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  2. As shown in the figure, the resistance of a galvanometer can be found by the half-deflection method. Here the resistance is adjusted such that when the key is closed the deflection in the galvanometer becomes half of the value as compared to when is op …
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  3. In a circuit shown in the figure, the capacitor is initially uncharged and the key is open. In this condition, a current of 1 A flows through the resistor. The key is closed at time . Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
    [Given: …
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  4. The figure shows a circuit having eight resistances of each, labelled to , and two ideal batteries with voltages and .

    Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
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  5. Two resistances and are connected to a wire of uniform resistivity, as shown in the figure. The radius of the wire varies linearly along its axis from at to at . A galvanometer (G) connected to the center …
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  6. In Circuit-1 and Circuit-2 shown in the figures, and . and are the power dissipations in Circuit-1 and Circuit-2 when the switches and are in open conditions, respectively.
    and …
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  7. In order to measure the internal resistance of a cell of emf E, a meter bridge of wire resistance , a resistance , another cell of (internal resistance ) and a galvanometer are used in a circuit, a …
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  8. In the circuit shown below, the switch S is connected to position P for a long time so that the charge on the capacitor becomes C. Then S is switched to position Q. After a long time, the charge on the capacitor is C.

    The magnitude of …
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  9. Shown in the figure is a semicircular metallic strip that has thickness t and resistivity . Its inner radius is and outer radius is . If a voltage is applied between its two ends, a current I flows in it. In addition, it is …
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  10. In the balanced condition, the values of the resistances of the four arms of a Wheatstone bridge are shown in the figure below. The resistance has temperature coefficient . If the temperature of is increased by , the voltage develo …
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  11. Two identical moving coil galvanometer have resistance and full scale deflection at current. One of them is converted into a voltmeter of 100 mV full scale reading and the other into an Ammeter of 1 mA full scale current using appropriate resistors …
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  12. A moving coil galvanometer has 50 turns and each turn has an area . The magnetic field produced by the magnet inside the galvanometer is . The torsional constant of the suspension wire is . When a current flows through t …
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  13. Consider a simple circuit as shown in Figure 1.

    Process 1: In the circuit the switch is closed at and the capacitor is fully charged to voltage (i.e., charging continues for time ). In the process some dissipation …
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  14. Consider a simple circuit as shown in Figure 1.

    Process 1: In the circuit the switch is closed at and the capacitor is fully charged to voltage (i.e., charging continues for time ). In the process some dissipation …
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  15. An infinite line charge of uniform electric charge density lies along the axis of an electrically conducting infinite cylindrical shell of radius . At time , the space inside the cylinder is filled with a material of permittivity and electr …
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  16. Consider two identical galvanometers and two identical resistors with resistance . If the internal resistance of the galvanometers , which of the following statement(s) about any one of the galvanometers is(are) true?
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  17. In the circuit shown below, the key is pressed at time . Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true?
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  18. PARAGRAPH 2

    Consider an evacuated cylindrical chamber of height having rigid conducting plates at the ends and an insulating curved surface as shown in the figure. A number of spherical balls made of a light weight and soft material and coated with a conducting material ar …
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  19. In an aluminum (AI) bar of square cross section, a square hole is drilled and is filled with iron (Fe) as shown in the figure, The electrical resistivities of AI and Fe are and , respectively. The elec …
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  20. In the following circuit, the current through the resistor is Amperes. The value of is
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  21. During an experiment with a metre bridge, the galvanometer shows a null point when the jockey is pressed at using a standard resistance of , as shown in the figure. The least count of the scale used in the metre bridge is 1 . The unknown resistance …
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  22. Heater of an electric kettle is made of a wire of length and diameter . It takes 4 minutes to raise the temperature of 0.5kg water by 40K. This heater is replaced by a new heater having two wires of the same material, each of length and diameter . The way t …
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  23. Two ideal batteries of and and three resistances and are connected as shown in the figure. The current in resistance would be zero if
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  24. A galvanometer gives full scale deflection with current. By connecting it to a 4990 resistance, it can be converted into a voltmeter of range . If connected to a resistance, it becomes an ammeter of range . Th …
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  25. Paragraph for Questions 15 and 16

    A thermal power plant produces electric power of at , which is to be transported to a place 20 km away from the power plant for consumers' usage. It can be transported either directly with a cable of large current carrying c …
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  26. For the resistance network shown in the figure, choose the correct option(s).
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  27. A meter bridge is set-up as shown, to determine an unknown resistance 'X' using a standard 10 ohm resistor. The galvanometer shows null point when tapping-key is at 52 cm mark. The end-corrections are 1 cm and 2 cm respectively for the ends A and B. The determined value of 'X' is
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  28. Two batteries of different emfs and different internal resistances are connected as shown. The voltage across AB in volts is
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  29. Consider a thin square sheet of side L and thickness t, made of a material of resistivity . The resistance between two opposite faces, shown by the shaded areas in the figure is
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  30. Incandescent bulbs are designed by keeping in mind that the resistance of their filament increases with the increase in temperature. If at room temperature, and 40 W bulbs have filament resistances and …
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  31. To verify Ohm's law, a student is provided with a test resistor , a high resistance , a small resistance , two identical galvanometers and , and a variable voltage source V. The co …
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  32. When two identical batteries of internal resistance each are connected in series across a resistor R, the rate of heat produced in R is . When the same batteries are connected in parallel across R, the rate is . If then the value of R i …
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  33. At time , a battery of 10 V is connected across points A and B in the given circuit. If the capacitors have no charge initially, at what time (in seconds) does the voltage across them become 4 V ?
    [Take : ]
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  34. For the circuit shown in the figure
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  35. Figure shows three resistor configurations R1, R2 and R3 connected to 3 V battery. If the power dissipated by the configuration R1, R2 and R3 is P1, P2 and P3, respectively, then
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  36. STATEMENT-1
    In a Meter Bridge experiment, null point for an unknown resistance is measured. Now, the unknown resistance is put inside an enclosure maintained at a higher temperature. The null point can be obtained at the same point as before by decreasing the value of the standar …
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  37. A resistance of is connected across one gap of a metre-bridge (the length of the wire is 100 cm) and an unknown resistance, greater than , is connected across the other gap. When these resistances are interchanged, the balance point shifts by 20 cm. Negle …
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  38. Given,


    (I)

    (II)

    (III)

    The time constants (in ) for the circuits I, II, III are respectively
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  39. The capacitor of capacitance C can be charged (with the help of a resistance R) by a voltage source V, by closing switch while keeping switch open. The capacitor can be connected in series with an inductor 'L' by closing switch …
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